THE WIZARDS OF SPACE
By Don Oakley and John Lane
HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday, June II, 1963
PAGE 3
FLIGHT- THE PRE AM AND THE RE ALITr
From Icarus to astronaut. Between them lies
a span of thousands of years. In the imagina
tion it is but a step.
For the dream that inspired the Icarus myth
the dream of breaking the bonds that hold
men to the earth, of vaulting freely into the
heavens has inspired countless similar stories,
as well as serious designs and attempts at flight
over the centuries.
It is a direct line from the ancient fables to
Da Vinci, to the Montgolfiers, to the Wrights,
to an astronaut of 1963.
There are some who warn that man, with his
probings into space, may once again stray too
close to the sun and, like Icarus, come to grief.
But the course of human destiny for all the
forseeable future has been set and there is no
turning back. iWen will go into space.
The United States has set as a national goal
the landing of men on the moon before 1970
and before the Soviet Union. The cost of this
venture will be at least $20 billion. Total non
military spending on space will amount to $40
to $50 billion by the end of the decade.
One federal organization is charged with
accomplishing this goal, with spending these
billions: the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Already nearing $6 billion a
year, the space budget promises to be in the
near future the nation's largest expenditure,
next to defense.
Since 1958, this country has launched an im
pressive array of instrumented and manned
satellites. They are only the beginning. At
centers around the nation, nearly 30.000 men
in NASA, and thousands more in industry and
education, are working on new generations of
space projects. They include new types of pro
pulsion, landings on the distant planets, probes
of the sun itself.
The dreams and plans stretch into the 1970s,
the 1980s into the 21st century.
This is the story of NASA: how it came to be,
what it is doing, what it will do in the future.
This is the what, the where and, perhaps, the
why of the Wizards of Space.
NEXT: First Came Aeronautics
Gambling il
Lottery Tickets Sold
iven In Congress
WASHINGTON (UPI) - There
was quite a stir when a rumor
got around that peddlers were vi
olating federal laws by going door
to door through the halls ot Con
gress selling tickets to the Irish
Sweepstakes.
"Of course, it's true." says Rep.
Paul A. Fino, K-N.Y. "I know be
cause I have been buying them
regularly."
The Irish Sweep operates out of
Dublin, pays off on the big horse
races in England and anybody
who sells a ticket to it in this
country is violating the law. It is
not illegal, however, to purchase
a ticket and bring your winnings
into the United Stales, provided
you don't forget to report the
money on your income tax re
turn. Proceeds of the lottery go to
the building and maintenance of
hospitals in Ireland. The Irish
Sweep takes in about $46 million
annually and it is estimated $35
million of it comes from the Unit
ed Stales.
Bucking Stone Wall
For the last 10 years Fino has
been trying to persuade Congress
and the American people that the
federal government should oper
ate a lottery. He figures the U.S.
Treasury would profit by about
$10 billion a year which could be
used to cut taxes and reduce the
national debt. He also thinks it
would drive racketeers out of
gambling.
Every session of Congress Fino
introduces a bill creating a na
tional lottery and makes speeches!
about it. This year he spoke on
Jan. 9, Feb. 21, March 6. April 3.
April 8, April 28 and May 23. He
should have saved his voice, be
cause nobody listened. Congress
men may not be averse to buying
a sweepstakes ticket or sitting in
on a poker game, but they think
the gambling issue is political
dynamite and they want no part
of it.
One of the odd features of the
American legislative system is
that a few men can prevent a
vote from being taken on a bill.
In the Senate it is done by a
filibuster a few men simply talk
the legislation to death. In the
House it is done by bottling bills
un in committee so that they nev
er reach the floor. Fino's lottery
bills always arc referred to the
House Ways and Means commit
tee. Not once in the last 10 years
has one of his bills ever emerged
from the committee and Fino
complains with some bitterness
that his opponents are thwarting
the democratic process.
Slaps At Hypocrites
Hypocrites arc those who play
along." he said. "They lack the
gumption or courage to say what
they do or do what they say. They
were the noble legislators who
toasled the Volstead Act at their
speakeasy tables. Hypocrites ring
up their bookies after they make
a speech on the evils of gambling.
'About one-quarter of the Amer
ican people have indicated their
disinclination toward a lottery pro
posal, the vast majority of these
persons are either bluenoscs or
hypocrites. I do not feel that the
gambling urge, as an instinctive
human trait, can be eradicated. In
extreme cases gambling may well
be a sickness, but in most cases
it is simply a normal manifesta
tion of human individuality.1
Fino believes that if he could are to be two drawings t
ever cet his case before the peo- based on tlie results of
Wildlife Group Endorses
Transfer Of Costal Elk
MOUNT SHASTA A resolution
to support the transfer of 230 elk
from the coastal elk herd at
Prairie Creek to Mumbo Basin
and the Klamath River areas in
Siskiyou County was passed Sun
day at a meeting ol the directors
and provided funds for the trans
fer from surplus game fine funds.
At an all-day meeting at the
Piemont Hotel in Mount Shasta,
the association directors amend
ed the bylaws to provide repre
sentation by sportsmen's clubs
and added Cottonwood Rod and
dum. The other provides that the
President set up a federal lottery
commission of five members with
salaries of $20,000 annually. The
commission would determine the
price of the tickets and the
amount of the prizes. Persons un
der 21 years of age would be in
eligible to buy tickets. Winnings
from the lottery would be exempt
from federal income taxes.
Slate Lottery OK
There is nothing to prevent a
state from operating a lottery in
side its own boundaries and re
cently New Hampshire decided to
do so. The bill provides that $3
tickets shall be sold at tlte state
liquor stores and the three race
tracks in New Hampshire. There
year
horse
will receive a total of $200,000 a
year.
Fino thought this was a bis
break-through for a national lot
tery. But when UPI reporters be
gan interviewing congressmen, the
lirst IS said they disapproved ol
lotteries, whether in New Hamp
shire or the entire nation.
Supreme Court Decides To Give Consideration
To State Apportionment, Race Demonstrations
WASHINGTON (UPI The Su
preme Court decided today to
give further consideration next
term to two key areas of legal
controversy the apportionment of
state legislatures and "sit in"
demonstrations.
It agreed to hear arguments
and tlien hand down rulings on a
series of cases involving both is
sues sometime next fall or
winter. The court is expected to
end its present session in a week
or so.
Accepted (or consideration next
fall were reapportionment cases
from New York. Maryland, Vir
ginia and Alabama in which city
olcrs charged they had inade
quate representation in state leg
islatures on a population basis.
Landmark Case
All of the cases arose after the
court ruled last year in a land-
State Board Approves
Science Lab Planning
mark case involving Tennessee
that federal courts had the right
to consider voter claims of unfair
apportionment.
The court today similarly
agreed to review next term sit-in
cases from Columbia, S.C., Balti
more, Mcl., and Miami, Fla.
These cases, along with an
amusement park case from Mary
land, may determine whether a
private businessman may deny
service to a customer on racial
grounds.
Last month, the court-ruled that
sit-in demonstrators cannot be
prosecuted under local ordinances
or official edicts requiring facili
ties. But that decision did not
touch on the issue of whether a
private owner could have demon
strators arrested in tho absence
of such laws.
Tlie court also sent back for re
consideration by lower courts sit-
in convictions from Richmond,'
Hopewell and Arlington County,
Va.
CORVAIXIS (UPH - Prelimi
nary plans for Oregon State Uni
versity's $959,590 marine sciences
laboratory at l aquina Bay and a
$545,850 dormitory at Oregon Col
lege of Education were approved
by the State Board of Higher Edu
cation's building committee Monday.
The committee also gave Ore
gon State the go-ahead to relit a
(ormcr Army vessel as a n e w
ocean research vessel to be called
the Yaquina. It will be five times
as large as the Yacona, which
now serves tlie school.
The marine sciences laboratory
is designed to provide facilities
for research into oceanography,
zoology, water pollution and fish
eries. It will include a museum
aquarium and an auditorium seat
ing 180 persons.
Tlie OCE dormitory is unique in
that each room will have an out
side entrance. It is designed to
house 147 students and is sched
uled for occupancy in the fall of
1964.
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Scientist Says UAR
Plans Israel Assault
a. a. cu idl. ; a !
Conservation Association.
This association of individuals
and sportsmen's groups now rep-
BASEL, Switzerland (UPH An
Austrian scientist told a Swiss
court today that Germans work
ing for the United Arab Republic
were developing rockets capable
ol contaminating Israel with co
balt 60 and other radioactive sub
stance for years.
The testimony was given by
Dr. Otto Joklik. 42. at tlie open
ing of his trial on charges of act
ing as an Israeli agent and try
ing to coerce West German scien
tists to stop rocket development
work for the U.A.R.
Also on trial on similar charges
is Joseph Ben-Gal, 3J, an Is
raeli. Both pleaded innocent to the
charges of coercion.
Joklik told the court he left a
well-paying job in Cairo because
he became convinced the U.A.R.
resents 5,000 sportsmen in North-jo. Cameron. Auburn, which would
.r rlifnmia. aceordine to Mor- abolish the voice of tlie people in
ris Curry Lakeport, secreUry. 'i'h and game matters. The direc
ris vurry. nor.rp I tors were unanimous in opposition
The association opposes the P"-l0 any legislation which would
posed elk hunt to kill off a por- ahoiish the vet0 power now grant
tion of the herd and will have rep- j cd boards of supervisors under the
in Eureka at the July ! Busch bill
Association to the roster.
The urouD was critical of legis
lation introduced bv Sen. Ronald was preparing radioactive aggres
sive weapons against Israel ano
he did not want to have anything
13 hearing.
The board of supervisors of Sis
kiyou County has approved in
troduction of elk into the county
NAMES NEW SPOKESMAN
The supervisors represent the
people's last appeal against un
favorable measures imposed by
the Fish and Game Commission.
Charles Bull. Redding, pointed
out.
Paul
slides of Independent studies and
experiments with bitlerbrush for
ace recovery under various con-
to do with such plans.
Defense attorney Georges Brun
WASHINGTON' iLPD - The
Slate Department announced
Monday that Richard I. Phillips
will replace P. Lincoln White as dj(ion5 Curry showcd tlie effects
its news chief. 1 0 controlled brush burns as a
White, for years the depart-1 mcans 0 improving deer range,
merits public spokesman, will be-; preserving soil and moisture fac
come U.S. consul general in Mel-jtorSi and lessening fire hazards.
bourne. Australia. Humps,
born in Artesia, N.M.. has been
in government since 1941. mostly
in the public information field.
Young snakes develop rapidly
and must shed their skin to take
care of the growth.
LOOKING ABROAD
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) - The
vast domestic market no longer
is large enough to support the
U.S. industrial machine, Peter
Schmitt of Westinghouse Electric
International Co. told a recent
world trade seminar here. Amer
ican companies that neglect ex-
. norts and foreign operations are
carter showed colored . . h hlvi.n h. !ald
schvig submitted documents pur
porting to show that the U.A.R.
had bought enough radioactive co
balt 60 to contaminate all of Is
rael for five years. He said the
documents were invoices which
proved the purchases of massive
amounts of the radioactive materials.
Joklik told the court he had a
hand in these purchases before
breaking with Cairo. He said the
invoices were correct.
Brunschvig introduced an ex-
pert's opinion that one bath of the
cobalt spread in the atmosphere
over Israel would contaminate the
air for five years with 50 times
the generally agreed maximum
tolerable amount of radiation.
Brunschvig introduced a letter
allegedly written by Prof. Wolf
gang Pilz, reported chief of for
eign scientists working on rockets
for the U.A.R., which mentioned
consignments of 400 and 500 rock
cts.
It should be clear that a total
of 900 rockets is by no means des
tined for space research." the at
torney said. "Tliese rockets have
other purposes."
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